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No. 517,921. Patented A'pr.V 10, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS ASA GOEHRING, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA',

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,921, dated April 10, 1894.

Application filed April30, 1892. Serial No. 431,263. (No model.) i i To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAs AsAGoEHRING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fences, constructed mainly of metal, and it has for its object to provide such a Structure which can be more cheaply manufactured than mesh fences, and will be visible to stock, thereby avoiding the necessity of employing accessory visible strips, and similar devices.

Afurther object of my invention is to provide a fence comprising horizontal strands and zig-zag connecting parts in which the latter are so Constructed and arranged as to render the strands mutually supporting or bracmg, and in which said zig-zag parts are secured by simple means to the strands and are prevented by their construction from being bent in the plane of the strands or slid longitudinally upon the latter.

A further object of my invention is to provide a fence of the class mentioned in which a minimum number of horizontal strands may be ernployed to obtain the desired strength, and to so construct such strands as to prevent stock from dis-arranging the connecting parts and otherwise distorting the Structure.

Further objects and advantages ot' my invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the clairn.

In the drawingsz-Figure lis a perspective view of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transvcrse vertical section of the same on theline m-w of Fig. l. v

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings.

The improved fence consists, essentally, of horizontal parallel strands 1, connected to and supported in the desired relative positions by vertical posts 2, and ribbons or strips 3 arranged in zig-zag positions between and connecting said strands in pairs. o

I preferably employ an upper and a lower strand, which, for convenience, I will term terminai strands, and an intermediate strand located midway between said terminal strands. p

The ribbonsor strips consist of sheet metal and are arranged to occupy and lie in a common plane with the axes of strands, and hence to occupy positions between the/latter. Duplicate ribbons or strips are employed, one being arranged between the intermediate and each terminal strand, whereby each ribbon or strip intersects the intermediate strand, and such intersections are spaced regularly between the posts. The ribbons orstrips are carried around the strands which they intersect and the divergent portions of the ribbon or strip adjacent to each intersection are crimped together so that their inner surfaces are in contact, as shown at 4, thereby forming tnbular clips 5, which embrace the strands atthe points of intersection. The divergent portions of the ribbons or strips, adjacent to each connection or clip, overlap, as shown in Fig.,1. -The intermediateportions of the ribbon or strip lie wholly in the vertical plane of the strands, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, whereby a vertical upward or downward strain upon either strand will be resisted by the column of said intermediate portions. Furthermore, the plane of the intermediate portion of lthe ribbons or strips corresponds with and lies in the plane of the axes of strands whereby the clips lie in the plane of the said intermediate portions and are held from being slid longtudinally upon the strands, as by the head of an-animal inserted in the angles of the ribbons. The elongated or tubularclips serve as clutches to grip the strands, frictionally, when the intermediate portions of the ribbons are strained in' a direction parallel with the plane of the fence, whereby slipping or sliding upon the strands is prevented, thus giving great longitudinal strength. f

I am aware that ribbons have been used, heretofore, in fence construction, and that filling wire has been used to connect the strands and lie, approximately, in the: plane of the strands, but the width of the ribbon or flat Strip-which I have described herein, prevents bending in the plane of thelstrands, and hence avoids the bunchingiiof the ribbon and produces a Structure capable of resisting any ordinary strain in' the-plane of IOO the fence. Furthermore, the transverse section of the ribbons being elongated in the direction of strain prevents the bending and dis-arrangement of the members, and the strands, being continuons, are not injured by twisting or other distortion in connecting the ribbons or strips thereto. Therefore the strands cannot become disengaged from the tubular portions of the ribbon or Strip, the strands cannotbe separated or forced toward each other owing to the resistance oifered by the ribbon or strip thns preserving uniform intervals between the strands at all times, and lastly the elongated section of the ribbon or Strip prevents the sliding of such member upon the strands, and thns preserves the desired relative positions of the parts.

Having thus described the invention, What is elaimed as new is- A fenee comprising parallel strands, and a zo continuous zig-zag ribbon or flat strip connecting the strands and lying between the same, bent at each intersection aronndthe strands to form tubnla'r elongated clips, and

having intermediate divergent portions which E. ASA GOEHRING.

Witnesses:

A. B. LEYDA, J os. O. ROUZER. 

